Grapevine &#34;Iasma Eco 2&#34;

ABSTRACT

This invention is a new and distinct grapevine variety named “IASMA ECO 2” which is characterized by producing red berries which are rounder, less sensitive to  Botrytis cinerea  and with a higher tannin content with respect to the two parents.

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES CLAIMED

Vitis vinifera L.

VARIETY DENOMINATION

“IASMA ECO 2”

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is related to Community Plant Variety application 2012/2343, filed in the Community Plant Variety Office on Oct. 25, 2012, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Discussion of the Background

The new and distinct grapevine described and claimed herein originated from a hand pollinated cross of the Teroldego variety (seed parent) and the Lagrein variety (pollen parent), neither of which are protected by plant patent, plant variety protection certificate, or similar. The seeds were subsequently germinated and the resulting plants were planted in the field. The present variety of grapevine was selected as a single plant, and asexually propagated by hardwood cuttings. The resulting propagules were planted and were found to reproduce true-to-type through at least three generations of asexual reproduction. The observations took place from 2004 to 2010 in San Michele All'Adige (TN)—Trentino Alto Adige—Italy (46° 11′ Lat. N., 11° 28′ Long. E., 235 s.l.m.).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To the inventor's knowledge, there are no varieties similar to the new variety; being a crossing result, they contain 50% of the genetic material of the seed parent and 50% of the genetic material of the pollen parent.

The present variety produces red berries which are rounder, less sensitive to Botrytis cinerea and with a higher tannin content with respect to the two parents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURE

FIG. 1 provides photographic illustration in full color of “IASMA ECO 2” in various views. The colors are as nearly true as is reasonably possible in a color representation of this type.

FIG. 2 provides a graphical representation of the average profile of aglycone flavonols and glycoside antocyanins in the present invention variety by percentile.

FIG. 3 provides a graphical representation of the average profile of cinnamic acids in the present invention variety by percentile and by mg/kg.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Throughout this specification, color names beginning with a small letter signify that the name of that color, as used in common speech, is aptly descriptive.

Throughout this specification subjective description values conform to those set forth by the Community Plant Variety Office (France) in the Technical Questionnaire for Grapevine varieties.

The descriptive matter which follows pertains to “IASMA ECO 2” plants grown in the vicinity of San Michele All'Adige (TN)—Trentino Alto Adige—Italy (46° 11′ Lat. N., 11° 28′ Long. E., 235 s.l.m.) from 2004 to 2010, and is believed to apply to plants of the variety grown under similar conditions of soil and climate elsewhere:

-   Cod. OIV character: -   Young shoot (10-30 cm): 001 aperture of tip 5 (fully open) 002     distribution of anthocyanin pigmentation of tip 1 (absent) 003     intensity anthocyanin pigmentation of tip 1 (none) 004 density     prostrate hairs of tip 1 (none) 005 density erect hairs of extremity     1 (none) -   Shoot on blooming: 006 attitude 3 (semi-erect) 007 color of dorsal     side of internodes 2 (green-red) 008 color of ventral side of     internodes 1 (green) 009 color of dorsal side of nodes 2 (green-red)     010 color of ventral side of nodes 1 (green) 011 density erect hairs     on nodes 1 (none) 012 density erect hairs on internodes 1 (none) 013     density prostrate hairs on nodes 1 (none) 014 density prostrate     hairs on internodes 1 (none) 015-1 anthocyanin pigmentation on the     latent bud scales 2 (basal) 015-2 intensity anthocyanin pigmentation     the bud scales 3 (weak) -   Tendrils: 016 number of consecutive tendrils 1 (2 or less) 017     length 3 (short) -   Young leaf: 051 color of the upper side 1 (green) 053 density     prostrate hairs between the veins 5 (medium) 054 density erect hairs     between the veins 1 (none) 055 density prostrate hairs on veins 5     (medium) 056 density erect hairs on veins 5 (medium) -   Mature leaf: 065 size of blade 5 (medium) 067 shape of blade 3     (pentagonal) 068 number of lobes 3 (five) 069 color of the upper     side 3 (medium green) 070 anthocyanin pigmentation veins on the     upper side 1 (absent) 071 anthocyanin pigmentation veins on the     lower side 1 (absent) 072 goffering of blade 3 (weak) 073 undulation     of blade between main and lateral veins 9 (present) 074 profile in     cross section 4 (revolute) 075 blistering of upper side 3 (weak) 076     shape of teeth 5 (mixed) 077 size of teeth in relation to blade size     3 (small) 078 length of teeth compared with their width 3 (short)     079 degree of opening of petiole sinus 1 (very wide open) 080 shape     of base of petiole sinus 2 (brace-shaped) 081-1 teeth of the petiole     sinus 1 (absent) 081-2 petiole sinus base delimited by veins 1     (absent) 082 degree of opening of upper lateral sinuses 3 (slightly     overlapped) 083-1 shape of base of upper lateral sinuses 1     (U-shaped) 083-2 teeth in the upper lateral sinuses 9 (present) 084     density of prostrate hairs between the veins of the lower side 5     (medium) 085 density of erect hairs between the veins of the lower     side 1 (absent) 086 density of prostrate hairs on the veins of the     side 3 (low) 087 density of erect hairs on the veins of the lower     side 5 (medium) 088 prostrate hairs on the main veins of the upper     side 1 (absent) 089 erect hairs on the main veins of the upper side     1 (absent) 090 density of prostrate hairs on petiole 1 (none) 091     density of erect hairs on petiole 1 (none) 093 length of petiole     compared to middle vein 7 (slightly longer) -   Woody shoot: 101 cross section 2 (elliptic) 102 structure of surface     3 (striate) 103 main color 2 (brownish) -   Inflorescence: 151 sexual organs 3 (stamens complete, gynoecium     developed) -   Bunch: 202 length 9 (very long, >24 cm) 203 width 5 (medium, <12 cm)     204 density 3 (loose) 206 length of peduncle 3 (short) 207     lignification of peduncle 1 (at the base only) 208 shape 2 (conical)     209 number of wings 2 (1-2 wings) -   Berry: 220 length 3 (short, <13 mm) 221 width 3 (narrow, <13 mm) 222     uniformity of size 9 (uniform) 223 shape 2 (globose) 224 color of     the skin 6 (blue black) 226 uniformity of the color of the skin 2     (uniform) 227 bloom 5 (medium) 228 thickness of the skin 5 (medium)     229 hilum 1 (little visible) 230 intensity anthocyanin pigmentation     of the flesh 1 (none) 232 juiciness of the flesh 3 (very juicy) 233     must yield 5 (medium) 235 firmness of the flesh 1 (soft) 236     particular flavor 1 (none) 238 length of pedicel 3 (short, <7 mm)     240 ease of detachment from pedicel 3 (easy) 241 formation of seeds     2 (complete) 306 time of autumn coloring of leaves 2 (reddish) -   Phenologic characteristics: Time of bud burst: early Time of full     bloom: medium Time of berry ripening: medium Time of maturity:     medium-late -   Productive characteristics: Real fertility of the buds 1.44     Potential fertility 1.56 Position of the first bunch 3rd -4th bud     Production of grapes per vine Kg 3.21 Yield per hectare quintal 115     Medium weight bunch g 214 Medium weight berry g 1.32 Sugars, Brix     degree 22.0 Total acid content g/l 8.10 pH 3.25

The present variety tested negative against each of the GFLV, ArMV, GLRaV-1, GLRaV-3, and GVA viruses.

FINDINGS OF MOLECULAR INVESTIGATIONS

DNA was extracted from young leaves of different accessions for each variety by using the Doyle and Doyle extraction method (1990) as modified by Grando et al. (2003). Molecular markers were obtained by analyzing DNA specimens at the 9 microsatellite loci specified by the European projects named Gen-Res81 and Grape-Gen06 for vine variety characterisation and at locus VMC1B11 (Vitis Microsatellite Consortium). In particular, the primers and amplification conditions described by Thomas and Scott (1993) for locus VVS2, Bowers et al. (1996) for loci VVMD5 and VVMD7, Bowers et al. (1999) for loci VVMD25, VVMD27, VVMD28 and VVMD32 and Sefc et al. (1999) for loci VrZAG62 and VrZAG79 were applied. PCR products were separated and analyzed with the Genetic Analyzer ABI3130 and the GeneMapper® v4.0 software.

Microsatellite markers VVMD VVMD VVMD VMD2 VVMD2 VVMD3 VVS2 VMC1B1 VrZAG6 5 7 25 7 8 2 1 2 9 VrZAG7 IASMA 225 227 247 247 240 240 177 183 229 229 241 263 134 154 167 173 191 193 243 255 ECO 2

FINDINGS OF CULTIVATION TESTS

The series of summary tables below contain the findings for various vintage years concerning the present invention “IASMA ECO 2” vine variety compared to the reference vine variety.

Average data relative to some plant production parameters observed at the San Michele a/A (TN) vineyard (vintage years 2004-2010): vine grown following the Guyot method (arched shoot pruned at 8-10 sprouts/vine).

IASMA ECO 2 TEROLDEGO S. Michele a/A S. Michele a/A Grape/vine production (kg) 3.17 4.12 Actual shoot fertility 1.44 1.29 Potential shoot fertility 1.56 1.57 Wood/vine production (kg) 0.559 0.494 Must sugars (° Brix) 22.00 20.80 Moulds (%) 3.25 36.7 bunch botrytis Moulds (%) rachis desiccation 0.00 0.00 Grape/wood ratio 5.68 8.340 Average data relative to mechanical bunch analysis and must chemical composition. Collection of bunches in the vintage years 2004-2010 at technological maturity (first or second half of September). Vineyard in S. Michele a./A. (S. Dona).

Values Limit v. IASMA ECO 2 Average v. Min max Mechanical bunch analysis g bunch average weight 214 106 237 berry average weight g 1.30 1.12 1.70 berry longitudinal diameter mm 13 10 15 berry average diameter mm 13 9 15 Bunch composition berries (% in weight) 94.5 93.3 96.7 stems (% in weight) 5.5 3.3 6.7 Berry composition skins (% in weight) 21.6 15.9 30.8 seeds (% in weight) 3.96 3.67 4.20 pulp and must (% in weight) 68.5 57.9 74.0 must yield (% in volume/weight) 62.3 52.8 66.1 Chemical must composition sugars ° Brix 22.00 17.40 24.30 total acidity g/l 8.10 6.91 10.50 pH 3.25 3.13 3.41 tartaric acid g/l 6.24 5.31 7.11 malic acid g/l 3.94 1.65 6.22 potassium g/l 1.33 0.89 1.94 Average data relative to the analysis of secondary metabolite profiles (aglycone flavonols and glycoside antocyanins of fruits) that characterise the variety's compositional phenotype. Wine analysis. Origin of grape: Vineyard in S. Michele a./A. (S. Dona) vintage years 2004-2010.

Extreme values IASMA ECO 2 Average Min Max alcohol content % vol. 12.54 11.92 13.28 total acidity in tartaric acid g/l 5.14 4.75 5.89 dry extract g/l 27.90 25.40 31.20 pH 3.62 3.40 3.85 total antocyanins (mel such as malvidin 967 823 1147 3-monoglucoside chloride) total polyphenols mg/l (+) catechin 2079 1653 2395

BEHAVIOUR IN VEGETATIVE MULTIPLICATION

Grafted vine affinity with the most popular holders—3) good

CULTIVATION CHARACTERISTICS AND SUITABILITY

The present invention vine variety shows medium vigour with early sprouting stage, with blue-black, medium-small, spherical berry with medium thickness skin. The bunch is medium-sized, winged, cylindrical and slightly straggly. It has a medium yield and is relatively resistant to botrytis. Its physiological maturity occurs in the third stage; it shows an excellent capacity to accumulate sugars while preserving medium-high acidity values. It can perfectly stand winter cold and shows a good resistance to downy mildew and powdery mildew. It prefers fertile hilly soils.

USE

The present invention vine variety is suited to produce both young and medium-long aged red wines. Young wines have a fruity taste (morello cherry and currant bush). When aged, spicy flavours become more accentuated; it shows a good acid resistance, also in case of small crops and particularly warm vintage years. The wines obtained from this vine variety show an excellent and deep ruby colour, good body, medium-high alcohol content, good tannin content, excellent texture and medium acidity. It is suitable to produce both young and medium-long aged wines; ageing and maturing create the typical character of noble red wines with spicy flavours and pleasant tannicity. It can also be successfully be used to cut other wines.

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